Army Pathfinders: Attacks Behind Enemy Lines
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Army Pathfinders participated in the WWII D-Day Normandy invasion
The Army’s pathfinders are elite airborne infantrymen capable of slipping into enemy territory to prepare drop zones and landing zones, conduct reconnaissance, place navigational aids, provide air traffic control, and recover wounded personnel. Basically, they have more applications than an iPhone, and they can do all it at night, on their own, without reinforcements or resupply while under fire, according to a report from We Are The Mighty.
Task Force Destiny Pathfinders-Army
The units got their start in World War II after parachute drops into North Africa in 1942 and Sicily in 1943 resulted in troops dispersed across the target areas instead of massed into effective fighting formations. To fix this, the Army borrowed tactics and techniques from British scout companies to create their own pathfinder platoons and companies.
http://www.scout.com/military/warrior/story/1632015-army-pathfinders-attacks-behind-enemy-lines
